Matt Roe

A producer actor and screenwriter whose credits ranged from a bit role in The Naked Gun 33 13 to stage producer for Mel Brooks production of The Producers multifaceted show business man Matt Roe had his irons in multiple fires and all to great effect A Brooklyn native he founded the Denverbased production house Clear Concepts a company which eventually settled in Mexico where Roe tried his hand at directing as well Though he eventually sold Clear Concepts and moved to Los Angeles to do commercial work the company continued to flourish while its founder embarked on a series of supporting feature roles From the late 80s to the early 2000s Roes work in such features as The Puppet Master 1989 Childs Play 2 1990 Improper Conduct 1994 and Black Scorpion 1995 added an extra dimension to otherwise runofthemill supporting roles Behind the camera he wrote the screenplays for Tainted Love 1996 Irresistible Impulse 1996 and The Minion 1998 Matt Roe died of multiple myeloma October 9 2003 in Los Angeles He was 51 Jason Buchanan Rovi